Category Lead – Interiors

Client Relationship
Preferred supplier since 2021

Time to Fill 4 weeks 2 days from award to verbal offer accept

Here's what our client said...

We asked Adam to find a Category Lead for us which he filled first time. This was an interesting assignment, due to the greenfield nature of the role candidates needed experience of change and implementation of new ways of working as well as core procurement skills. By working closely with Adam he ensured a high calibre shortlist and we appointed an excellent candidate.

Jamie Swanston
Procurement & Supply Chain Director

About the client

Summary

• Established in 1884, Tilbury Douglas is a leading UK building, infrastructure, engineering and fit out company that delivers vital projects across sectors including health, education, highways, justice, defence, aviation, water and environment.

Size

• 1,200 employees and a turnover of £535m.

About the Job

Reason for vacancy

• New role to provide proof of concept for dedicated category managers as part a new procurement strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Creation and delivery of category plans across a portfolio of interiors related materials.

Strategic procurement professionals working for a reputable medium to large contractor or subcontractor, who can commute weekly to Solihull.

Exceptional strategic procurement and stakeholder management experience as this was a greenfield opportunity, with a strong understanding of the interiors supply chain.

Dentifying candidates with the right blend of supply chain knowledge and a track record of strategically managing categories.

Our Approach

We provided our Plan 2, Contingent Exclusive recruitment service, we were exclusive for a fixed period to identify, qualify and present suitable candidates.
Clients choosing this product receive the following level of service:

Candidate Interview

• Headhunt candidates with an emphasis on phone or video interviews.
• Qualify candidates with multi-tiered screening.

Search Depth

• All local candidates contacted from our database network.
• Headhunting from 5 competitors.
• Advertise on our Job Alerts candidate email, website, LinkedIn feed and job boards.
• Prioritised over all Contingent jobs.

CV Format

• Candidate Suitability Matrix, Risks and Assessment of Suitability.

Job function dedicated Account Manager, supported by a Researcher and overseen by the Managing Director.

Shortlist Timescale

• Within 2 weeks.

In Summary

Shortlisted

• 6 CVs shortlisted in two weeks

Interviewed

• 4 candidates interviewed, 2 candidates invited to final interviews.

Offered

• Preferred candidate offered and appointed.

Cecilia Hansen-Saunders
Commercial Director

This is the first time we’ve worked with Adam and AR Resourcing, he provided really good market intel to help us adjust our salary bands, this helped attract a higher calibre of candidate and we’re really pleased with who we hired.

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